One Sweet Craving

This past week I had a craving - for pancakes. So I concocted the best of both worlds one night after work, putting together a simple crepe recipe and adding a little of my own twist...some berries. The batter was extremely easy to work with, I think the next time I'll just have to work on my patience (some of them were flipped a little too early). Filled with sugar, chocolate or jam, these are a perfect and simple homemade treat. 

{I started with this recipe, and added some berries, 1 cup of sugar and replaced milk with buttermilk}

soup for you

This weekend was relatively low-key, and usually when I feel unproductive and we have the ingredients (or the energy to walk over to the grocery store), I want to bake. With the unseasonably warm weather, I opted for a fruit dessert that would curb all my sugary cravings. Since I was already familiar with the handy Martha Stewart dough recipe, this was relatively simple, though the warm weather probably made the sugary fruit mixture a bit more runny than anticipated. Still, it was delicious! 

Summer Milkshake Made Easy

Whenever I think of summertime I think of desserts...and lots of them. It's hot and with the sun's later bedtime I tend to stay awake past 9. Though I haven't given up my cupcake obsession or dedication to chocolate, I'm showing off an alternative I created one night when I was in the mood for something sweet but didn't have an easy solution in the freezer.

With three basic ingredients (most notably sans ice cream) this is probably the easiest and most nutritious 'milkshake' you'll ever taste. I start out with a bag of frozen berries (I'm using raspberries & blackberries), followed by a heaping scoop of fudge (my favorite is Fenton's) and a glug of milk (I've got fat free in the house most of the time, but it would probably be even tastier with something like 2%). Mix it all up in the blender and you've got yourself a heavenly treat that tastes just like a milkshake.

Sometimes if I'm having a really bad day or need a little extra umph I'll sprinkle a little extra chocolate syrup on top.